Overview

Recent advances in the brain sciences have dramatically improved our understanding of brain function. As we find out more and more about what makes us tick, we must stop and consider the ethical implications of this new found knowledge. Will having a new biology of the brain through imaging make us less responsible for our behavior and lose our free will? Should certain brain scan studies be disallowed on the basis of moral grounds? Why is the media so interested in reporting results of brain imaging studies? What ethical lessons from the past can best inform the future of brain imaging? These compelling questions and many more are tackled by a distinguished group of contributors to this volume on neuroethics. The wide range of disciplinary backgrounds that the authors represent, from neuroscience, bioethics and philosophy, to law, social and health care policy, education, religion and film, allow for profoundly insightful and provocative answers to these questions, and open up the door to a host of new ones. The contributions highlight the timeliness of modern neuroethics today, and assure the longevity and importance of neuroethics for generations to come.

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Author:   Judy Illes (Senior Research Scholar and Director, Program for Neuroethics, Center for Biomedical Ethics; Senior Research Scholar, Department of Radiology, Stanford University, California, USA)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.70cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.80cm
Weight:   0.606kg
ISBN:  

9780198567219

ISBN 10:   0198567219
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   20 October 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part I - Neuroscience, ethics, agency and the self 1: Patricia S. Churchland: Moral decision-making and the brain 2: Adina Roskies: A case study in neuroethics: the nature of moral judgment 3: Stephen J. Morse: Moral and legal responsibility and the new neuroscience 4: Thomas Buller: Brains, lies and psychological explanations 5: Laurie Zoloth: Being in the world: neuroscience and the ethical agent 6: Erik Parens: Creativity, gratitude and the enhancement debate: 7: Agnieszka Jaworska: Ethical dilemmas in neurodegenerative disease: respecting patients at the twlight of agency Part II - Neuroethics in practice 8: Ronald M. Green: From genome to brainome: charting the lessons learned 9: Franklin G. Miller & Joseph Fins: Protecting human subjects in brain research: a pragmatic perspective 10: Michael S. Gazzaniga: Facts, fictions and the future of neuroethics 11: Judy Illes, Eric Racine & Matthew P. Kirschen: A picture is worth 1000 words, but which 1000? 12: Turhan Canli: When genes and brains unite: ethical implications of genomic neuroimaging 13: Kenneth R. Foster: Engineering the brain 14: Megan S. Steven & Alvaro Pascual-Leone: Transcranial magnetic stimulation and the human brain: an ethical evaluation 15: Paul J. Ford & Jaimie Henderson: Functional neurosurgical intervention: neuroethics in the operating room 16: Robert Klitzman: Clinicians, patients and the brain Part III - Justice, social institutions and neuroethics 17: Henry Greely: The social effects of advances in neuroscience: legal problems, legal perspectives 19: Martha J. Farah, Kimberly G. Noble and Hallam Hurt: Poverty, privilege and brain development: empirical findings and ethical implications 20: Paul Root Wolpe: Religious responses to neuroscientific questions 21: Maren Grainger-Monsen & Kim Karetsky: The mind in the movies: a neuroethical analysis of the portrayal of the mind in popular media

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This book...helps to define the field, as well as demonstrating the importance and relevance of this area to neuroscience. ... overall this book is excellent and should be regarded as essential reading for neuroscientists who should educate themselves in this important and newly emerging field. Psychological Medicine,Vol 37, Illes's book is a very firm foundation for the specialty of neuroethics, and I recommend it very highly. The Lancet Neurology, Vol 5

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